Egg Paranoia! from Pink Flamingos

I wanted to serve you up a big mess of bloggy goodness this morning, kids. But the eggs, they're not safe!  Oh, if only I could be reassured about the future of eggs.  Maybe by a 400-pound transvestite!

Actually, I was having difficulty finding something to post for Thursday, and I remembered this gem from John Waters' Pink Flamingos. While the film itself is definitely Not Safe for Work (NSFW), the clip is fine. Oh, it's disturbing--that is a woman in a playpen--but it's safe for work.  If you've never seen Pink Flamingos, this will make absolutely no sense to you.  And if you've seen it. . .well, it still doesn't make any sense!  Enjoy.

Did You Get Your Free Denny's Grand Slam Breakfast?

Photo from source, Mercury News

I began my morning in an unusual way. I got up at a quarter 'til 6, in order to meet Mr. & Mrs. Stupid Monkey Planet for the free Denny's Grand Slam breakfast! We decided to get there at 6:30, just in case it was overly crammed with people. And it was. But it wasn't so bad. It took us about 10 minutes to get seated, and we had a nice pancakes/eggs/sausage/bacon treat to start the day.

I tipped $5, and the Monkeys paid for our drinks, so it wasn't free, but what the hey. The amazing thing is how popular this thing was. We're not talking free dinner at Spago here, it was a $5.99 breakfast, for goodness' sake. But it sure looks like it was a hit. Of course, they did advertise the deal on the Super Bowl.

Overheard in the crowd at our Denny's on Tropicana Blvd. in Las Vegas:

"Wow. I thought we were the only ones who watched the Super Bowl!"

[Excerpt]

Free breakfast at Denny's proves to be a people magnet

. . .While there may not be such a thing as a free lunch, Denny's served nearly 2 million free Grand Slam breakfasts — the chain's signature combination of two pancakes, two eggs, two sausage links and two bacon strips, which usually sells for $5.99 — from 6 a.m. and 2 p.m. at its 1,500 restaurants around the country. . .

Read more at: Mercury News